1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 LUDWIN EDENILSON VENTURA No. 1:25-cv-1775-DC-CKD P RAMIREZ, 12 Petitioner, 13 ORDER v. 14 WARDEN OF THE GOLDEN STATE 15 ANNEX DETENTION FACILITY, et al., 16 Respondents. 17 18 Petitioner, an immigration detainee who is currently representing himself, filed a petition 19 for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to

, a motion to proceed in forma pauperis, 20 and a motion to appoint counsel. Although petitioner also paid the filing fee, the application to 21 proceed in forma pauperis makes the required showing and is granted. See

(a). 22 The court has conducted a preliminary review of the petition pursuant to Rule 4 of the 23 Rules Governing Habeas Corpus Cases Under Section 2254.1 In light of the complexity of the 24 legal issues involved, the court has determined the interests of justice require appointment of 25 counsel and the motion to appoint counsel will be granted. See 18 U.S.C. § 3006A(a)(2)(B); see 26

27 1 Rule 1(b) of the Rules Governing Habeas Corpus Cases Under Section 2254 allows a district court to apply any or all of the rules to other types of habeas corpus petitions including § 2241 28 petitions. 1 || also Weygandt v. Look,

(9th Cir. 1983). 2 Because petitioner may be entitled to the requested relief if the claimed violation of 3 || constitutional rights is proved, respondent will be served with the § 2241 petition. See 28 U.S.C. 4 | § 2243. Petitioner’s counsel, once appointed, shall meet and confer with respondent’s counsel 5 || regarding a briefing schedule for this case. 6 In accordance with the above, IT IS ORDERED as follows: 7 1. Petitioner’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 2) is GRANTED. 8 2. Petitioner’s motion to appoint counsel (ECF No. 3) is GRANTED and the Federal 9 || Defender is appointed to represent petitioner. 10 3. The Clerk of the Court shall serve a copy of this order on the Federal Defender, 11 || Attention: Habeas Appointment. 12 4. Within seven (7) days of this order, the appointing authority for the Eastern District of 13 || California shall identify counsel and send counsel’s contact information to the undersigned 14 | counsel’s courtroom deputy Lisa Kennison at [email protected], and counsel will be 15 || added as counsel for petitioner. If counsel is not a member of the Eastern District of California 16 | Criminal Justice Act Panel, within seven (7) days of this Order the Federal Defender shall file a 17 || motion to appoint counsel as CJA counsel pro hac vice. 18 5. Additionally, the Clerk of the Court shall serve a copy of this order together with a 19 || copy of petitioner’s application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to

on the 20 | United States Attorney. 21 6. New counsel for petitioner shall meet and confer with opposing counsel on a briefing 22 || schedule and jointly file that schedule with the court within fourteen (14) days of this order. 23 | Dated: December 10, 2025 / ae / a ly. ae

25 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 26 27 3g 8 ramil775.110a.imm